Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-31

bald headed ro~ wearing joint Of
stovepipe on his head trimmed with
hayp Has Il NOT been the custom ios
years to place bald-headAf men on tne
front row. because they one. ed NO on
struction to the vision?
And now, what do we seef
We do not see any thing!
/ will leave it to any disinterested
person to say whether / do not love
and admire woman. whether aggre.
gated or segregated. but she does do
some things which as her friend and
admirer / deeply regret
Not long ago l had the pleasure Of
attending one Of Mr.. Booths per-
formances in which he took the part Of
Hamlet with great credit to himself. ~
afterwards learned from q member Of
the orchestra who saw the whole per-
| Torrance.
If had not promised former wife
of mine that would never touch liquor
would have been amply justified that
evening in saturaring myself with bay
rum or some other seductive beverage.
paid large price week before
hand for seat at the Hamlet PEI.
Torrance, because 1 had met Mr..
Booth once in the Rocky Mountains
and had made q deep impression on
him. l had also told him that If he
ever happened to be in town where /
was lecturing / would dismiss any
audience to come and hear him. and he
might do as he thought best about
shutting up on the following night to
come and hear me.
Well, noticed at first. when went
in. that the row before me was un-
occupied. and gathered myself up in
strong. manly embrace. and Rugged
myself with Joy. The curtain bumped
itself, and the first act was about in
the act Of producing itself. when
meek little gentleman, with an air Of
conscious guilt. came down the aisle in
advance of woman's excursion. con-
sisting of four female members of his
family, judged. He looked about
the house, timidly took off his coat and
seemed to be preparing himself for the
vigilance committee Then he sat
down to see whether executive Glenn
ency could do any thing for him.
The first woman of the four was
probably over forty. and yet with her
almost beardless face she looked
scarcely thirty-eight. She wore tall,
erect hat. with a sort OF plume to it.
made by pulling the paint-brush tail
out of an iron-gray mule and dying it
deep crimson.
She wore other clothing, hus that did
not incense me so much as this hat,
which / had to examine critically all
the evening.
She moved her head also. anil kept
time to the music. and breathed hard
in places, and shuddered once or twice
She also spoke to the miserable mae
who brought her. Her voice was u
rich baritone, with lew xyIopho0e
action, and she breathed like the pas-
siOnate exhaust of an overwOrked
freight engine. When she spoke to her
escort noticed that he shortened nm
about four inches and seemed tor wwh
he had never entered society.
The other three women had bcoad
hats with domes to them. and the one
who sat on my right also sat ON her
foot. This gave her q fine opportunity
t. look out through the skylight Of the
opera-house now and then. The next
one to her wore a deceased Piymoufh
Rock rooster in her hat. The fourth
one sat in front of an oltlish gentleman
who went out between the acts and
came in with a picked olive in his
mouth each time. He could noe see any
thing on the stage, but he crawled up
under the brim Of this womanrs hat
with his nose in the meshes Of her hair.
and his hot, local option breath in her
neck. patiently trying to see whether
tho slender legs in long. black hose be-
longed to Mr.. Booth. Apollin.urs or
the ballet.
If you will continue in your excellent
paper to sit down on the tall hats. /
will get you quite a number Of sub
scribers here.-BW Nxe, IN N y.
World.
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